I have what appears to be the unpopular opinion regarding the “Keep Christ in Christmas” banner over Broadway in Pitman. I, for one — and I may be the only one, going by the letters that have been published — find the banner an inappropriate religious display.

Christmas is a federal holiday. While this does dictate that I will not be working on Dec. 25, neither Congress, nor any government entity, can make a law forcing me to spend any of this day, or any day, thinking about Jesus.

I have seen numerous similar signs over the years on churches and other such buildings, and I have never thought there was a problem with this. However, in this case, one of the Times articles stated that the borough fire company helped to physically place the banner. The fire company, a government-supported entity, installed a religious banner.

The First Amendment “establishment clause” clearly forbids establishing a national religion. Promoting a “Keep Christ in Christmas” banner blatantly favors Christianity over other religions.

The beauty of our country is that you can keep Christ in Christmas, while I can simply enjoy the day however I deem fit.

For a government-backed fire company to help install a banner that seems to suggest I should spend Dec. 25 in a religious manner just seems to disagree with so many of our country’s freedoms that we hold dear.